
Episode 9: Glittering Bronze Men (Homer's Iliad, Books 1-8)
Literature and History
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The Iliad and Homer's Agamemnon
Homer's Iliad opens with an argument between King Agamemnon and the Greek champion Achilles. Just as the entire Trojan War began with a feud over a beautiful woman, a massive schism in the Greek forcesNine years into the war takes place because of another feud over another beautiful woman. We'll get to the Trojan side when Homer does. There are just a couple more characters that need to be introduced before we begin.
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